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Commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales in Southern France

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Country	Collection	Indexed Records	Digital Images	Comments
Argentina	Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981	34	0	Expanded collection
Argentina	Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946	275	0	Expanded collection
Austria	Austria, Vienna, Jewish Registers of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1784-1911	16,122	0	Expanded collection
Bolivia	Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996	20,333	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Bahía, Catholic Church Records, 1598-2007	14,266	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Ceará, Catholic Church Records, 1725-1971	265,844	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Maranhão, Catholic Church Records, 1673-1962	5,644	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706-1999	230,391	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949	3,301	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Pará, Catholic Church Records, 1930-1976	97,911	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Paraíba, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2013	120,476	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Paraná, Catholic Church Records, 1704-2008	7,478	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996	11,302	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Pernambuco, Catholic Church Records, 1762-2002	25,566	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Catholic Church Records, 1616-1980	66	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Catholic Church Records, 1788-1967	56,479	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Catholic Church Records, 1738-1952	14,210	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006	6,690	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Catholic Church Records, 1714-1977	5,337	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999	1,156	0	Expanded collection
Brazil	Brazil, São Paulo, Catholic Church Records, 1640-2012	85,526	0	Expanded collection
Cape Verde	Cape Verde, Catholic Church Records, 1787-1957	3,243	0	Expanded collection
Chile	Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015	214,817	0	Expanded collection
Costa Rica	Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992	13,868	0	Expanded collection
Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975	1,524	0	Expanded collection
El Salvador	El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977	5,607	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996	2,343	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996	50,403	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988	211	0	Expanded collection
England	England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920	124	0	Expanded collection
France	France, Pyrénées-Orientales, Parish and Civil Registration, 1451-1897	2,081,774	0	New collection
Germany	Germany, Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1580-1974	616,410	0	Expanded collection
India	India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990	6,359	0	Expanded collection
Jamaica	Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880	5,891	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978	919	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Guanajuato, Catholic Church Records, 1519-1984	7,744	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Oaxaca, Catholic Church Records, 1559-1988	427	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977	7,943	0	Expanded collection
Mexico	Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970	10,288	0	Expanded collection
Norway	Norway, Oslo, Census, 1912	1,140	0	New collection
Paraguay	Paraguay, Asunción, Cemetery Records, 1842-2011	11,961	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Arequipa, Civil Registration, 1860-1976	1	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992	38,909	0	Expanded collection
Peru	Peru, Huancavelica, Civil Registration, 1915-2003	514,575	0	Expanded collection
Portugal	Portugal, Évora, Catholic Church Records, 1533-1912	275,128	0	Expanded collection
Portugal	Portugal, Faro, Catholic Church Records, 1587-1880	232,438	0	Expanded collection
Portugal	Portugal, Leiria, Catholic Church Records, 1534-1911	180,238	0	Expanded collection
Portugal	Portugal, Vila Real, Catholic Church Records, 1533-1941	6,336	0	Expanded collection
Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico, San Juan, Cemetery Records, 1888-1988	5,366	0	Expanded collection
Romania	Romania, Civil Registration, 1865-1903	121	0	Expanded collection
Samoa	Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996	28,707	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004	26,410	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970	3,768	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Johannesburg, Cemetery Records, 1840-2019	21,734	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976	8,441	0	Expanded collection
South Africa	South Africa, Reformed Church Records, 1856-1988	7,338	0	Expanded collection
Sweden	Sweden, Jönköping Church Records, 1581-1935; index 1633-1860	1,526	0	Expanded collection
Sweden	Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860	5,898	0	Expanded collection
Sweden	Sweden, Västerbotten Church Records, 1619-1896; index, 1688-1860	10,767	0	Expanded collection
Switzerland	Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1850	1,989	0	Expanded collection
United Kingdom	Prisoners of War, 1715-1947	1,968,517	0	Expanded collection
United States	California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002	674	0	Expanded collection
United States	Massachusetts, Boston Tax Records, 1822-1918	456,273	0	Expanded collection
United States	New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942	568,091	0	Expanded collection
United States	United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955	22,412	0	Expanded collection
Uruguay	Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930	2,557	0	Expanded collection
Venezuela	Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003	16,624	0	Expanded collection
Venezuela	Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995	18,876	0	Expanded collection
Wales	Wales, Carmarthenshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912	208,791	0	Expanded collection

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